Happy Kids

The babies had their 2-month appointment on Monday and got all their shots. We were glad they got their immunizations, but Chantel and both grandmothers had a hard time listening to the babies screaming and crying. They have about doubled their weight since coming home a couple months ago. Here are their updated weights (their birth weights are in parenthesis)
- Camille: 8 lbs 3 oz (3 lbs 15 oz)
- Annika: 8 lbs 3 oz (3 lbs 10 oz)
- Henrik: 9 lbs 6 oz (4 lbs 3 oz)

We found out that the babies really settle down when we put them together. The girls didn't do great together, but Henrik does a good job of calming the girls down when they are relaxing in the same bed.

Chantel and I took them on their first trip around the block. We could tell that the enjoyed the change of scenery since they were looking around and listening to the insects.

Camille has another appointment with her pediatric ophthalmologist to assess the capillary hemangioma on her eye. Her doctor is keeping her on steroids and is having us put a patch on her good eye for an hour a day. Fortunately, it doesn't seem to bother her at all.


Camille


Annika, Camille and Henrik before going to the doctor


Camille and Henrik

Annika and Henrik


Our first walk around the block

New Cousins

My brother's family made their way out from LA this week to meet their new cousins. They have been helping out with feeding, making bottles and all the other chores we go through every day to take after 3 babies.

We took Camille to the doctor today. They are going to keep her on steriods and will continue to monitor her. She spends an hour or two a day with an eye patch on her good eye so that she is forced to use her other eye. Nonetheless, she's still doing great.

Rusty and Dean with Henrik


Dean with Henrik


Janet with Annika


Annika, Camille and Henrk


Nicole with Camille


Amanda with Annika

Patti with Annika

Eyelashes

We just discovered this week that all three of the babies grew eyelashes. Henrik's are really light and the girls' are a little darker. We're still trying to figure out what color hair they'll have. Henrik has almost completely lost his hair and Annika is starting to lose her hair in a couple places. Camille still has the same spiked hair that she had at birth. She will see a specialist again on Wednesday to have her eye checked.


Annika and Camille


Camille


Annika


Henrik


Annika, Henrik and Camille

Getting Bigger

We started a new trick earlier this week to feed more than one of them at a time. So far, it has been working out pretty well. We have also stretched their feedings to 4 hour intervals. They seem to be doing well on fewer, larger feedings. They do, however, scream and cry quite a bit more than they did before. Hopefully, that won't last too much longer....

Camille has another appointment next week with a pediatric opthamologist. She's still taking steriods to reduce the inflamation.



Camille


Camille




Henrik and Annika


Henrik


Annika with her Auntie Nana


Henrik

About to be born......

All three kids continue to do great. It is amazing to see their little personalities develop. They are now technically at 39 weeks and would have been born this week if they were on a normal singleton schedule.


Annika


Henrik


Camille


All three on the living room floor

Six Weeks

It was exactly six weeks ago today that Chantel delivered the triplets. We've had to take Camille to the doctor a few times. We had to start giving her steriods yesterday for her right eye, which has become a bit swolen.

We're still on our 3-hour feeding schedule, but are going to try to stretch it out to 4 hours over the next couple weeks. That way, well be able to get a little sleep at night once our mothers leave.

Camille

Annika

Henrik

Camille, Henrik, Annika

Camille, Henrik, Annika

Camille, Henrik, Annika